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Monday, April 26, 2021
The United States (US) hosted the Leaders Summit on Climate this week, with transatlantic partners affirming commitments on reducing emissions and growing green, sustainable jobs. The United Kingdom (UK) and the US also focused on issues with respect to Russia, while the European Union (EU) published a legislative package related to sustainable finance and sustainable corporate reporting.
Meanwhile, the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine pause may be coming to an end, as European and American officials concluded the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks. While the White House has yet to weigh in on resuming J&J inoculations in the United States, the European Union looks to move forward with adding the vaccine to its supply.
A new loyalist banner on the Shankill Road against the Northern Ireland Protocol 20 April, 2021 01:00
NEW loyalist banners featuring political figures from Britain, Ireland and the USA are being erected across parts of the north.
The anti-Northern Ireland Protocol banners, which are the latest in a series to appear across the north in recent months, say Ulster is British and this we will always maintain .
Under the UK s Brexit agreement with the EU, the protocol has led to checks on goods coming from Britain into the north s ports and airports, creating a de facto Irish Sea border which has angered unionists and loyalists.
Europe Editor
The United Kingdom has asked for more time to respond to the legal action taken by the EU over its unilateral decision to ease the requirements of the Northern Ireland Protocol, RTÉ News understands.
The request came in two letters from the UK s chief Brexit minister David Frost.
The EU launched twin-track legal proceedings against the UK on 15 March following the decision by the Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis to unilaterally delay the full implementation of the protocol.
The commission had issued a letter of formal notice to the UK government, which is the first step in a legal procedure which could end up in the European Court of Justice.
News diary 12-18 April: Parliament recalled for Prince Philip tributes and English shops and gyms reopen
Monday
Pubs and restaurants re-open for outdoor service for those keen to brave the chilly conditions as England enters step two of Boris Johnson’s lockdown exit roadmap. Other changes include the re-opening of non-essential retail, indoor swimming pools and gyms. MPs who had planned photo ops with celebratory pints will be striking a more sombre tone, though, as the Commons is recalled a day early to pay tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, who died on Friday.
Timeline
March 19, 2021
Inquests begin in London into the deaths of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt, who died in the November 2019 London Bridge stabbing attack. The pair were attacked and killed at Fishmongers’ Hall by Usman Khan, who had been released from prison on licence after serving a sentence for terror offences. A hearing in March was told that Khan, who was shot dead by police following the attack, had been i